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Electronic Broadsheet July -August July - August 2020 Magazinethe Canal of WorcestershireStaffordshire Society and Volume 62 www.swcansociety.co.uk Number 676 Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society 2019-20 President: Steven Gray ([email protected]) Vice Presidents: Secretary Treasurer Membership Secretary Conservator Broadsheet Editor Cruising Officer Work Parties Society Sales Raffles Cruising Awards Length Scheme Education & Resources Derek Overton 01746 718571 Website Bari Pollard www.pchelperathome.co.uk Committee Meetings BROADSHEET Editor: DTP: Advertising: Printing: Rotary Printers Ltd Copy deadline: The contents of this magazine are printed as a matter of information for members of the SWCS but may not necessarily be the official policy, or opinions of the Committee. No item may be used without the prior consent of the editor, except for comment by other Society magazines Contents Editorial 5 Coronavirus & Boating Update, 5 June 2020 6 BWML Loses Thames Development Appeal 7 Lengthmans Scheme 8 From the Kidderminster Shuttle 8 IWA Festival of Water, Worcester will take place in 2021 9 West Midlands Development Slammed by the IWA 9 A Book from the Past 10 Wide World of the Narrow Way 11 Canal Towpath exercise: ‘I can’t Socially Distance’ 15 Toddbrook Reservoir Independent Review Report 17 Vital work to resume on Unlocking the Severn Project 18 Hunt for ‘Canal Pushers’ 19 The Queens Award for Voluntary Services 20 Public urged to report sightings of tree pest 21 Membership Renewal 2020 22 Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society www.swcanalsociety.co.uk Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society 1 2 3 Ashwood Marina Not so much a mooring, more a way of life The Team At Ashwood Marina Offers a Comprehensive Package of Facilities and Services to Complement Our Beautiful Moorings: WE NEED YOUR BOAT!! Service & Repairs : We urgently need to replenish our stock of Taking on the smallest of jobs, such as changing a Narrowboats. fuse; to the largest such as hull refurbishment, We offer a caring service and competitive stretching, engine overhauls, painting and sign brokerage fees, so if you want to sell, call us. writing etc. New and Used Boat Sales : Re - Fits and Re - sprays: We work with you to build the boat of your dreams for a Ranging from changing a door, to fitting a highly affordable price. We also have a w ide range of bathroom, to full fit out and re - spray. narrowboats and cruisers covering all requirements and budgets. Craning & Docking: A monthly service, giving ample time for engine Visit www.ashwoodmarina.co.uk for more info or call and blacking works to be completed . 01384 295535. Mooring & docking facilities available for DIY Follow us on: Ashwood Marina is located on the Staffs & Worcester Canal between Rocky and Greensforge Ashwood Marina, Kingswinford . DY6 0AQ. Tel: 01384 295535 [email protected] . www.ashwoodmarina.co.uk 4 Editorial Welcome to our summer edition of Broadsheet. In the last edition back in March, I was anticipating our Spring Cruise followed by the Summer Gathering, both of which had to be cancelled because of the prevailing condition at the time, together with the later postponement of our AGM. As it stands now, Rotary Printers are operational, hence this copy of Broadsheet, but we are still waiting on whether Bradmore will be open in September for our first meeting of the season and possibly our AGM. Clearly you will have seen that Steven Gray, our Publisher has been very busy creating a refreshed front cover for Broadsheet. I hope you like it as it represents a lot of work. What you may not be aware of, is that he has been even more industrious and has created a Facebook page for the Society that is unsurprisingly called ‘Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Society’. Hopefully among other uses, in these changing times, it will provide an additional means of sharing information for us. At this time we can now visit our boats and use them but not stay overnight, as they are classified as holiday homes. It is rather an anomaly, as no such restrictions apply to residential boats, who can move freely if they wish and is something that you will see inside, that the Canal and River Trust is trying to address. Possibly creating much journalistic copy during the lockdown period has been the situation that developed, as excessive numbers of people tried to take their exercise on clearly restricted width towpaths. This has affected people in different ways, as a recent article from the BBC shows in this issue. CRT obviously did not anticipate that certain urban towpaths would be inundated, but their response of posting notices and then updating them was not very effective. There are couple of interesting contributions from members you can read about this month. Peter Freakley tells us about an old friend and previous Society member’s recent book and Carole Cooper has sent us a fascinating and far sighted article from the 1960s, about how the canal system could be used to accommodate increasing leisure time. As Carole summarised. It will never catch on!..... A major independent report has found 'poor design' and intermittent maintenance over the years' led to the failure of the dam at Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge. More than 1,500 people were evacuated from the town in Derbyshire, when the spillway wall at the reservoir began crumbling during heavy rainfall in early August last year. A 'danger to life' warning was issued and unprecedented scenes followed. The findings are balanced and interesting. I have included a brief (and hopefully balanced) summary of them in this issue, with a bit of a ‘health warning’. As with any report which is properly written, it should really be read in full. It is easy to select certain paragraphs that support specific opinions and views. Finally just a reminder that this year’s membership renewals 5 understandably slowed over the last few months but Colin Beard is eagerly awaiting those which are still due. Next issue will be the September edition. I hope by then we can share some more definite plans with you. Ian Cowdale Coronavirus & Boating Update, 5 June 2020 5th June 2020 Now that navigation on most parts of the network is possible, many boaters have been able to enjoy a cruise on their boat. However, for others, this hasn’t been realistic because overnight stays on boats (if it’s not your primary residence) are not currently allowed. We continue to speak with Government about this point and a letter from our chief executive, Richard Parry, to the waterway minister earlier this week set out why we want the waterways to return to normal as soon as possible. This includes the ability to stay overnight on your boat even if it’s not your primary residence. Specifically, we wrote that: • Being aboard a boat for a continuous period is integral to allowing navigation on the inland waterways, • Boaters are typically self-sufficient, spending their time largely in the open air (where the risk of transmitting the virus is known to be much lower) or in their private on-board space with their own facilities, • Using a boat for navigation presents a very low risk to virus transmission, • Social distancing requires little additional effort when operating a boat on inland waterways and daily distances travelled are modest. We also pointed out that it’s not just private leisure boaters who are affected by the current rules. Many waterway-based hire-boat businesses, who are currently unable to trade, and unable to access Government assistance schemes, face precarious futures if they cannot operate (and generate the income vital for their survival) this summer. You could also highlight this issue, and reiterate the points above, to your own MP. In the meantime you might want to read the answers we’ve given to a whole host of other questions about how coronavirus is affecting the waterways and boating. Please stay safe and stay alert at all times. Damian Kemp, Boating communications manager, Canal & River Trust 6 BWML Loses Thames Development Appeal Boating Business – 01 June 2020 British Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML) has lost an appeal against a planning decision preventing development of Limehouse Basin Marina on the River Thames. BWML had proposed to add five pontoons, four to provide formal leisure moorings and the fifth for 24-hour visitor mooring, but planning was refused. The subsequent appeal was also rejected on the grounds that the development would harm navigation and the character and appearance of the water-space of the marina. Other issues, namely the effect on neighbouring residents, water quality and water habitat provision were not found to be of concern. Ruined views and more congestion Basin Photo: BWML The planning inspector concluded that the proposal would noticeably reduce the spaciousness of the area which is a key ‘blue open space’ within London’s Blue Ribbon Network, a strategic system of water-spaces covering the Thames, its tributaries, canals, docks and other water bodies. Whilst the inspector conceded that the development would not substantially harm the appearance of the area it was nevertheless felt that the reduction in spaciousness and consequent obstruction of views would have an adverse effect. Limehouse Basin is a vital ‘port of refuge’ for craft from further along the tidal Thames and the Continent. The proposal would reduce 24-hour visitor mooring resulting in an annual unmet demand of several hundred vessels per year. It would also entail relocation of pump-out facilities. Taking these concerns together, the inspector concluded that the proposal is likely to contribute to congestion on the waterway and harm navigation. Only the High Court can quash the Planning Inspector’s decision.
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